Education and Early Learning

Education and Early Learning

EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING

 

Florida's Public Schools

Understanding School Choice Brochure

Link to Recording:  Why Public Schools Matter: A Look at Florida School Choice Options, December 6, 2025

slide decks: 

Early Childhood Education

Link to recording:  Early Childhood Education -- Laying the Foundation for Future Success, 2023 12 02 

 

LWV supports:

    • Policies that provide an equitable, quality public education for all children pre-K through grade 12
    • A free public secular school system with high standards for student achievement and with equality of educational opportunity for all that is financed adequately with an equitable funding formula.
    • Fact-based curriculum and textbooks and civics education
    • Well-being and safety of all students
    • Accessible, affordable, high quality early education
    • Preparation for self-sufficiency; all students to complete school with the knowledge, skills, and resources to be financially independent.

League of Women Voters of US

Impact on Issues 2024-2026,  pages 140-153.  

League of Women Voters of Florida

Study and Action 2023-2025.docx (lwvfl.org)  pages 76-89

LWV Florida Education Issues:   Education - League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

LWV Florida Brochures:

Partisan School Boards Election Trifold - League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

Voting for School Board Members A Checklist For Making Smart Choices

Book Bans in Florida's Public Schools Trifold - League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

LWV Florida Papers and Reports

FINALAAUW-FL-LWVFL-Higher-Education-Report-10-25-2025.pdf

Understanding Florida’s Book Challenges in Schools and Their Consequences for Students - League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Partisan School Board Elections in Florida - League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

Step Up for Students Preliminary Investigative Report | League of Women Voters of Florida (lwvfl.org)

Banned Books Resource: https://lwvfl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Resource-on-Book-Clubs.docx 

OTHER RESOURCES

2022-23 Florida Assessments (all school districts). Most Lee County scores were below state average: https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/results/2023.stml

Early Learning

Early Language and Literacy Skills to Give Your Baby a Jump Start to Succeed -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fArQ97uliWw 

Issues: 
Education